Improved washing-machine



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To all whom 'it may concern:

Jos-EPH'BALSLEY, or BEDFORD, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No, 98,012,

datedlecember 21, 1869.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.'

Be it `known that I, JOSEPH BALSLEY, of Bedford,

in the county of Lawrence, and'State'of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing- Machines; and I'dohere'by declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which -will enable othersskilled in `the art to makeaud use .My invention has for its object to improve the con@ struction of the machine known as thc-lllgyptian washingmaohine, so as to make it more convenient in use and' more effective in operation; and

vI t consists 1in the constructioil and combination of various parts of the machine, as hereinafter more fully described. A is the body of the inachine, which is supported upon legs, B, of suitable length.

yC is Athe-swi'ngng rubber, the standards' D of which are rigidly attached to the round-E.

The ends of theround work in holes `or sockets, in the heads or upper ends oil-the slides F, which pass down through holes yor slots in the-fraipe-Work ofthe machine, or through' guides attached to the body A, and the lower ends cfwhich are .securely'attached to the ends ot' the cross-ba1.G,-below the said body A of the machine. i

His a rope, one end of which is attachedto the middle part of the cross-bar G, and which passes over a-guide or. pulley, I, attachedto t-he bottom of the body A, and around the roller J, pivotcd to the legs B ofthe machine'.

T heother end ,of the rope H isattached to the treadle K, one end of which is hinged to the bttom -of the churn'A, and its .other end projects, so that it may-be conveniently operated by the fo'ot of the operator to raise the' rubber C, for convenience in putting ,in and taking ont the clothes. l In the Egyptian machine, the rubber O is forced and held'. down upon the clothes to give the desired pressure by thc foot' of the operator placed upon Vthe .treadle L, rigidly attached to the cross-bar G, said operator being thus compelled to stand upon one foot and press the treadle L down with the other foot while operating .the rubber.

Operatingt-he machine was thus very laborious and 'atiguing.

In my improved machine,coiled springs, M, are placed upon' the yslides F, the upper ends of which springs rest against the upper part of the trame-work' of.. the machine, or against the upper guide, through which said slides pass.

The lower ends of the springs M rest against stops adj ustahly` attached `to the slides F, so that the tension of said springs M may be increased or diminished to regulate'the pressure upon the-clothes.v

'The stops upon which the lower ends of the springs of a series of holes, formed in the slides F; or it may 4'be anopen ring-clamp, fitting upon the slidesF, and Aprm'idedwith ears and a clamping-screw, so that it may be readily secured to the slide F when adjusted'.

Nisthe lever or handle, by which the rubber is op-` erated, the end of which is secured to the lower round E of the rubber standards.

The lever N strengthened by a brace, '0, the upt-herubber standards, and the `outer end of which is Having thus described myinvention,

-I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of rope H, treadle K, roller or round J, slides F, and springs- M, with the roller E,

and operating as shown and described. i

llVitnesses: JOSEPH BAIJSLEY.

J EREMIAH V. MATHEs,

ANDREW GELWICK.

M rest, may he a pin passing through one or the other per end of l which is secured to the upper 'round P ofv secured to the said lever N, as shown in gsl and 2.

handle N, and rub'ber standards D, when-arranged 

